Our New Life in Devon

 I had a phone call from my sister this evening as she wants to visit for this weekend. She has a small dog but has arranged for her friend to look after it which is good news as we already have 2 dogs here. OH went upstairs for a nap as he's not feeling too well. He hasn't been right for weeks but won't bother the doctor. I'm going to make him an appointment next week if he still won't go. Same when he had pleurisy I just rang and told him to go or cancel it. He went and the Dr told him off for leaving it too long ie 2+ weeks!! Husband came downstairs and said son is coming tomorrow for a few days as the weather has affected the shipping at his works. We are never alone for long here 😆  Both our dogs are in season at the moment but it's nearly finished now. We did breed our oldest dog, and our other dog is one of the puppies that we kept. I don't intend to breed her again, but don't agree with neutering unless there's a very good reason. I've o...

 Well, the family all went home, and I was left with piles of washing - think 5 lots of bedding as eldest son came to stay too last weekend. No problem if you have a working washing machine but mine was definitely on the way out. The spinner sounded like a jet taking off at Heathrow as it was so loud. Thankfully, we have insurance on it so it's now been fixed. I'm actually down to half a basket of washing today, which is much more normal. The machine is so quiet now I'm forgetting it's even on. Had to pay for a new rubber door seal, but the new drum and bearings were covered by the insurance policy tg. Last year wasn't very good for me health wise so hopefully this year will be better. I had 5 chest infections and a bladder infection that sent me to hospital. I've had so many medical tests this year it seems unreal. 6 ECGs, bladder and kidney scans, urine and pooh tests, chest x-ray, lung cancer scan, so many blood tests, heart scan, and breast cancer screening....